readx; Although their original intention was only to attack Britain, they also wanted to add the United States to the declaration of war because they considered the foreseeable fact that the United States would also enter the war soon, and that they needed to occupy the Philippines to ensure the strategic security of the southbound troops. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, I don't have the idea of fighting the United States to the end in my heart, and according to Yamamoto's idea, this navy can use the early stage of the war to deal a heavy blow to the main force of the US navy, so as to gain sea supremacy, and then negotiate with the Americans, and then the Americans and Britain will have to confront Germany, not only will they have to invest troops in Europe and Africa, but they will also have to wage war with the Chinese in the direction of India and Burma. It is highly likely that the United States will accept it. And once the United States accepts the peace agreement, it will be able to reap the maximum benefits of this world war, and even Yamamoto Isoroku believes that as long as Britain and the United States recognize the entire occupation of Indonesia and Malaysia, it is okay to give up the areas that must have been occupied, and if necessary, Yamamoto Isoroku is even ready to turn around and unite Britain and the United States to declare war on China.

I have to say that China's strategic concept of Chen Jingyun is also a beautiful scene, and Roosevelt of the United States also fantasizes about establishing the United States' position as the hegemon of the earth in one fell swoop in this war for the United States to reap the greatest war gains, but in fact, how it will develop, it is estimated that only God knows.

Each country has chosen what it considers to be the best strategic direction for itself, and whether or not it can be achieved is another matter.

As if in order to stimulate the British and give them confidence, in late August, the Burmese People's Army had just conquered the important port city of Achab on the western coast of Burma, and immediately announced that it had reached a military base concession agreement with China, and the Republic of Myanmar would lease a port area of Achab to China at a price of 100,000 Chinese dollars per year, which would allow China to deploy naval vessels and air force and part of the army units. A Chinese division deployed in Vietnam immediately set off into Burma under the ostensible pretext of arriving at the Aqab military base through Burma for deployment, but it is already a fact that the Chinese [***] team officially entered Burma.

The impact of this fact was enormous, and almost as soon as the Chinese division entered Burma, it was severely protested by the British and the United States.

In his speech, Churchill publicly declared that this was China's violation of the sovereignty of the British Empire, demanded that the Chinese army withdraw from Burma, and once again declared that Britain would never recognize any agreements signed between the puppet Burmese political axe and China and other countries, whether it was the Sino-Burmese railway contract or the Aqab military base lease agreement, which was extraordinary and violated the sovereignty of the British Empire.

In order to hinder China's entry into Acyab, although the British Navy was temporarily weak, it still sent a fleet of several warships to Achab to carry out artillery missions, and then landed hundreds of soldiers with the support of naval guns, announcing to the world that Acchab was still under British control, and the military base lease agreement signed by the puppet Burmese political axe and China was ridiculous and unrealistic. However, the fleet's sustainability was also limited, and after a few days, the fleet's ammunition was almost exhausted, and in the face of a counteroffensive by thousands of troops organized by the Burmese People's Army, the British once again took the initiative to retreat to Achab.

With China officially sending troops into Burma, the outside world believed that the time was approaching for China to formally declare war on Britain and attack Malaya, and even Australia and India, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Franklin D. Roosevelt formally signed the Atlantic Charter on a warship in the northern Pacific Ocean.

Most of the contents of this Atlantic Charter are not worth mentioning, and the most important point is that Britain and the United States do not recognize 'any territorial change that is inconsistent with the free will of the people', which of course can be somewhat incomprehensible when taken literally, and at the same time the words that people can understand are: "Britain and the United States do not recognize Germany, and say, 'The territory that Ben has acquired in this war!'" Whether it was France, Poland, or Indonesia, which was occupied by Germany, they did not recognize it! ”

In fact, the main provisions of this Atlantic Charter are all nonsense, and its real effect is to declare to the world that the United States is on the side of Britain and is ready to enter the war.

As soon as the Atlantic Charter of Britain and the United States was announced, it was immediately supported by many countries, especially those that were destroyed, such as the Netherlands, Belgium, and Free France. In addition, Soviet Russia, which was facing war, could not wait to issue a statement, and Soviet Russia agreed with this charter.

But then again, Roosevelt's political declaration stimulated Ben even more, originally he just thought that the United States had a great possibility of entering the war, but after this declaration, he said that he was 100% sure that the United States would join forces with Britain, and if Ben went to war with Britain, then the United States would 100% go to war with Ben, so the attack on the Philippines and the declaration of war on the United States were officially added to Ben's established national policy.

In order to be able to deal a heavy blow to the main force of the US Navy in one fell swoop, the Navy has already decided to launch a super-large-scale attack on Pearl Harbor in the United States, just like the Chinese Navy attack on Ben Sasebo, and he himself intends to attack the United States. Chen Jingyun was naturally pleased with his own move, and even took the initiative to instruct the navy to provide him with the technology of shallow water aviation torpedoes, which were used by carrier-based aircraft to drop torpedoes in the shallow waters of Pearl Harbor; after all, after ordinary aviation torpedoes were dropped, they needed a buffer process tens of meters deep, and then they would slowly rise to the surface, but if they were to carry out a port attack, this kind of ordinary aviation torpedo could not be used, because the water depth of the port was generally only about ten meters, and it required a torpedo that entered the water very shallow before it could launch an attack.

Time into September, the Burmese People's Army launched a large-scale operation against Mawlamyine, although the British army has the support of naval artillery, but the Burmese People's Army after paying huge casualties, it is hard to conquer Mawlamyine, and for the first time in formation annihilated the strength of a British regiment, after Mawlamyine was conquered, the British army in Myanmar was left with only a lonely city like Yangon.

When the Burmese People's Army gradually took control of the whole territory of Myanmar and was preparing to launch a final offensive against Yangon, the Chinese Army also entered Myanmar through a rapid march, of course, this kind of stationing could not stay directly in Myanmar for too long, the troops entering Myanmar and then went straight to Achab, when the army had not yet arrived, the Chinese Air Force had already stationed in Achab, and the Burmese People's Army, at the request of the Chinese side, urgently built a small field airfield in Achab for the Chinese Air Force planes to land, Soon a task force consisting of two fighter squadrons and a bomber wing landed in Achab, along with a number of transport sorties transporting infantry from an air force company to Achab.

In addition, the Chinese navy also sent a small fleet of two destroyers and several small patrol ships to carefully pass through the Strait of Malacca and then sail to Achab.

Chen Jingyun wanted to take control of the Achab military base, and the British would not admit it if they did not admit it, but it was not easy to obtain such a military base in the Indian Ocean region, and Chen Jingyun would never give up so simply.

As for the outbreak of war with Britain because of this, Chen Jingyun did not have much worry, as long as China did not formally declare war on Britain for a day, then Britain was unlikely to take the initiative to declare war on China, as for the trade blockade, tensions and the like are not worth mentioning.

The fact that the Chinese navy, land and air forces were stationed in Burma also further confirmed the situation that China was going to declare war on Britain, and although China and Britain had not yet declared war on each other and had not had a direct military confrontation, the two countries were only one step away from the state of war.

In their view, China has entered a state of war with Britain in fact, and the British have urgently dispatched the main fleet to form the Z Fleet from the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean to the Asian waters, and their intention is already very obvious, that is, to counter China's huge navy, to defend Singapore, and block the main force of the Chinese navy from passing through the Strait of Malacca.

After the signing of this charter, Churchill assured the United States that Britain would take on an unshirkable duty in Asia, and that in order to relieve the huge pressure on the American Pacific Fleet, Britain would send to Asia a formidable fast fleet, a task force consisting of battleships and aircraft carriers.

The task force consisting of the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible, the battleship HMS Prince of Wales, the battlecruiser INS Counterattack, and four V-class destroyers soon arrived in Singapore, and together with some of the old ships of the British Navy originally deployed in Asia, they formed the main fleet of the British Navy in Asian waters, codenamed Z, which is also known as the Z Fleet.

At this time, because Germany had turned its main efforts to the Eastern Front, and the German Navy was not capable of challenging the British Navy, Churchill decided to continue to send warships to Asia to contain China and its expansion attempts.

The second dispatch of the fleet was even more luxurious, including the USS Athletic and the two aircraft carriers HMS Dready, as well as the main battleship USS Warweary, four old battleships from World War I, and eight cruisers and destroyers.

This fleet, known as the Indian Ocean Fleet, will be sent to the Indian Ocean and stationed at the Colombo Naval Base, echoing the Far East Fleet, also known as the Z Fleet, and becoming the absolute weapon of the British Navy to control the Asian region.

The British Far East Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet combined, with three aircraft carriers, six battleships, one battle cruiser, and more than a dozen cruisers and destroyers. Among the battleships, the Prince of Wales is a new generation of battleships built and commissioned by the British in the late thirties.